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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E4 (29:08) HSK 3
wǒ shuō shàng yī jù guān shàng mén de huà

我说上一句关上门的话

“I'll say this behind closed doors.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 29:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhèng dé chéng a hái yǒu zhè ge xiǎo lǐ nǐ men zài zhè ér

郑德诚啊 还有这个小李 你们在这儿

“Zheng Decheng, and you, Li. With you here,”

wǒ shuō shàng yī jù guān shàng mén de huà CURRENT FOCUS

我说 上一句 关上门的话

“I'll say this behind closed doors.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ hé nǐ yī yàng wǒ yì zhí zài sī kǎo zhè ge qián de wèn tí

我和你一样 我一直在思考 这个钱的问题

“Like you, I've been constantly thinking about the funding issue.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SIGNALING CONFIDENTIALITY
Tone: CONFIDENTIAL
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“What I am about to say is strictly off the record, so keep it between us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Behind-Closed-Doors Frankness

In Chinese institutional culture, public communication is guarded, so frank opinions or sensitive calculations are explicitly framed as 'behind-closed-doors' remarks to ensure trust and confidentiality.

INTENT TAGS: #confidentiality #framing #candidness #preface
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
关上门的话 SPOKEN CHUNK

private words; off-the-record remarks spoken behind closed doors

Use this phrase as a preface when you want to signal that what follows is strictly confidential and frank.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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